St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-25
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
After Being Closed for Months, the Doors
of the First Presbyterian Church
Are Thrown Open.
Rev. W. s. Vail Points Moral From
the Recent Public Shooting in
st. Paul's Streets.
How Newspaper Reporter DiscoV-
cred IL Murderer in Advance of
the Detectives.
Bishop Cheney. OF Ch1cago--The ODD
Fellows Anniversary He
brew Wedding.
THE FIRST CHURCH OPENED

THE FIRST CHURCH OPENED
Afterthe Key Nns Returned 10 the
presbytery and the Former Pas
tor,s Connection Severed.
1t would seem that the clouds which
hung over the congregation OF the First
PRESBYTERIAN church have all been dispelled
and that everything would now run
smoothly 1t will be remembered that the
church has been closed for some time, owing
TO the bitter feeling existing between the
two factions, antag0niStlc ana friendly 10
Rev DR.. West, the former pastor. The
matter has been fully aired by the action OF
the St. Paul presbytery and IL suit filed i'll
district court. In that complaint and from
the facts brought before the presbytery. it
was found that the gas meter had been re-
moved to prevent evening meetings, and
that the key TO the church door was taken
i'll charge by one OF the trustees. The
presbytery, at It's meeting in Minneapolis
last week, reached an amicable adjust
ment of the affair. and the church
was opened again yesterday. Rev.
Daniel Stewart. D. D., OF Minneapolis,
occupied the pulpit. Before announcing
his text DR.. Stewart said that he occupied
the pulpit in accordance with an order from
the presbytery. and that committee had
been appointed to select pastor and TO re-
organize the church. the result of when
would probably be announced next Sunday.
DIR. Stewart chose for his text |. Cornth
ians. H.. SO. That faith should not lie in
the wisdom of man. but in the power of
Cod He said:
The result Of st. PauIs determination of
character was the church OF Corinth. lsS
the Introduction of truth into his wisdom, he
became Il great preacher. When truth dawned
on his mind his whole nature underwent /
transformation. The genuine character Of
faith rests not upon philosophy. People are
not debated or reasoned into the love OF
Christ: they must have faith. We believe Il
thhng because of the recommendation
of faith i'll it. The learned and
uniearned are very much alike. The former
by the study of agricultural chemistry learns
lust what the sol! needs and what it will pro-
Guce, but another farmer will sow his seed
with just as much faith if he never saw
treatise on farming, because lie knows what
the soil Will produce if properly titled. Why
will people hesitate to accept the benefits OF
religion when they are so apparent? The
facts of religion must remain facts always,
aud the fact Of the existence OF sin will
always remain the same Science has given
us better houses 10 live in, but it has made
no change in sin. In IL thousand ways this
men and women to do good and to endure the
ills and trouD les of this tieeting world. .
LESSONS FROaE a TlsA GEDY. g
Rev. w. s. Vail Points n Moral from
the shooting of Murphy by Mrs.
Aegener.
Last December Rev. w. S. Vail. pastor
of the UniversaliSt church, which holds
;,,+ hn ,>l,I nh w
cnta street, left well established church
i'm New England to come to St Paul and
take charge of a parish, OF which there were
scarcely more than 4 score of members.
Since that time the church has steadily in
creased in membership, until now the con
grcgatiOn numbers more than hundred.
among whom are some OF st. PauIS best
known business men. The trustees of the
church have secured full possession of the
chapel after June |, and it will be thor
oughly repaired and made more comfort
able. No pastor in ST. Paul is better liked
bv his parshoners than is DR.. Vail. Yes
1erday DR.. Vail preached on few lessons
to be learned from recent tragedy. He
cAese IUr his text Acts H., II, What
Meaneth ThS?" AS an Introduction the
speaker said:
woman who is n wife and a mother
shoots man on one of the public streets, be
cause. as she Claims he has siandered her
far name. My hearers are probably not
concerned with the facts in the case, and
ain not here to make any argument IN the
matter nor even to thcOrize, but. from the
admitted facts, to point out sentiment
which is common, namely, the disregard for
virtue, the lack of responsibility, the general
disregard for moral law that in every city lies
behind the domestic tragedy. the divorce suit
and the many SORROWS that not told Or
written about Taking this state of affairs
We find that we have large population held
by no sympathetic bonds and subject TO
higher law. Men are influenced to moral life
and respect for the coed and true in various
wayf. First by the moral law written by
the Almighty in the conscience. Reject Tor
q moment how William Penn, when he had
his colony by the side of that fair river where
Philadelphia now stands, ruled his people
without any written law. a thing perfectly
possible when reflect that he held them
by that highest law. that of brotherly love.
This. l say. is the highest type
OF law. and there are men who
still follow it. never asking about
policy. never thinking of eXpedicncy. There
are such men, but they are few. Then there
is another type. man ned by social restraint.
A man will go right in his own city on ac-
count of his family. He may nave property
that would be endangered by wrong-dO
or he NAV have position that demands his
uprightness. This is not a very high stand
point, but one often taken. Then, lower than
all these already mentioned, have those
men who Go not care for the still, small voice
within nor do they feel the weight of the
social power of restraint. but only care 10
escape the penalty Of the luws They con-
slider sin perfectly legitimate, so long as they
escape detection. The influence of these men
is felt in every city, though we may not take
the trouble 10 look them up, nor to appre-
ciate the fact that they form the larger factor
OF our population. The men VINO are the
movers of The cities interests must pause and
give us the weight OF their influence: for it
Is This class alone thai can bring about re.
form. From the day when Nero began
an intimate relation with men of
thereby, down to the present, we have the
same old story. You might as well build
above the swamp and say.you were not afraid
OF niasma, or expose your soldiers and ex-
pecf victory when the enemy came down
like a flood, as to expect that innocence will
withstand the poison Of evil associations in
all cases. although it may in some. If our
laws were enforced and sin was branded with
its true character, something might be done
There should he the same application of the
Fay 10 the rich that applies TO the poor. But
ABOVE all, there must be kindly feeling gen-
Grated between the classes. Il feeling of Inu-
'1ual respect and love. Recent socialistic
outbreaks bring this to our attention. The
classes need each other and common people
are inspired by hope. Columbus and his
discouraged sailors were inspired by the
hope OF land ahead. Honor to man makes
ms burdens lighter, and hopes transform his
humble cottage into palace.
REPORTEN,S GLUE.
The Tip That AN Old sailor Gave
ON Il Case of Fatal Stabbing.